[Wrapper-user] Re: Wrapper service problem

[Leif M. <le...@ta...>]

Leif Mortenson wrote:

> Jani,
> Figured it out...   I added the following to the documentation for the 
> next release:
>
>                Note that under Windows XP and Windows 2000 SP3 and 
> above, by default,
>                the system will not allow services to be run for 
> accounts which do not
>                have a password set.
>
>                To make it possible to run as an account without a 
> password, you need to
>                disable the "Accounts: Limit local account use of blank 
> password to
>                console logon only." setting.  Go to the Administrative 
> Tools folder in
>                your control panel. Open the Local Security Policy 
> applet. Expand Local
>                Policy and then click on Security Options. On the right 
> side you will
>                find the above setting.   Right click to access its 
> properties dialog
>                and then disable it.
>
> Cheers,
> Leif
>
> jan...@pe... wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have a question about wrapper. We try to use it for running java
>> application on Windows 2000 Workstation as windows service.
>> We want to run this service as user xxxx  which has no password.
>>
>> In our .conf file we set option:
>> wrapper.ntservice.account=.\xxxx
>> This option is processed OK by wrapper.
>>
>> What should we do to tell wrapper that this user has no password? We 
>> tryed
>> option:
>> wrapper.ntservice.password=
>> We also tryed without this option (default should be no password).
>>
>> When we ty to start this service it doesn't start and we get a response:
>> The service did not start due to a logon failure.
>>
>> If we manually change logon properties of our service on windows 
>> services
>> (GUI), it starts OK after we delete all * characters in password fields.
>>
>> Since our plan is to install our service on many machines, it is wery 
>> hard
>> job to manually update passwords of service.
>> If you can suggest me any solution of this problem, please let me know!
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jani Kavcic
>>  
>>
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